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Testicular Seminoma 16 Years After Treatment for CNS Germinoma

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Most patients with intracranial germinomas will be cured and become long-term survivors. Physicians caring for these patients should recognize that these patients may be at risk for disease-related and/or treatment-related late sequelae. We report the case of a 27-year-old man who developed testicular seminoma 16 years after treatment for intracranial germinoma. Like their testicular cancer counterparts, long-term survivors of intracranial germinomas may have a susceptibility to develop a subsequent germ cell tumor. These patients require lifelong medical follow-up and should be encouraged to perform testicular self-examination at the appropriate age.

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  1. Department of Radiation Oncology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 195 John Morgan Bluildin

    Amit Maity & Hui-Kuo G. Shu

  2. University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 3620 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Amit Maity

  3. Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA

    Alexander R. Judkins & Lisa E.A. Dwyer-Joyce

  4. Division of Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA

    Michael J. Fisher

  5. Division of Hematology-Oncology, Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    David J. Vaughn

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Maity, A., Shu, HK.G., Judkins, A.R. et al. Testicular Seminoma 16 Years After Treatment for CNS Germinoma. J Neurooncol 70, 83–85 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:NEON.0000040829.35787.95

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